Music-leaf turner.



PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

J. H. BUBTTNER. MUSIC LEAP TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED a. 9. 190a.

JOHN H. BUETTNER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MUSIC-LEAF TURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed March 9, 1908. Serial No. 419,953.

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that 1, JOHN H. BUETTNER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music-Leaf Turners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in music leaf turners.

One of its objects is to provide a simple and compact mechanism for holding music and turning the leaves thereof.

Another object is to provide a music holder adapted to rest upon a piano rack without liability of injury 'thereto and also adapted to be attached to an ordinary music rack or stand.

Another object is to provide improved and simple mechanism for turning the leaves which is readily adjusted to position and readily released to turn one or more leaves a desired.

Another object is to provide a music holder and leaf turner, the members of which can be conveniently disconnected and packed in small compass for storage or transportation.

It further consists in certain details of form, combination and arrangement, all of which will be set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a music v holder and leaf turner embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of one of the leaf turners and its support. Fig.

3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of I the sleeves in which the leaf turners are supported. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of one of the leaf turner actuating springs. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of the music holding members detached and in the open position. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the foot of the holder and the leaf turners, with the music holding members detached. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the rear face of the foot of thc'holder illulsitrating the attachment thereof to a music rac In the accompanying drawings A represents the base or foot of the holder. A stationary upright B is attached to the foot A by means of a dowelb entering a hole a in the foot. A movable upright B is attached to uprightB by means of paralleled pivoted links I), b which are let into recesses 6 b in the res ective members B, B. A spring b attac ed at opposite endsto members B, B

and seated in a recess in member B serves to normally hold the binding members B, B with their inner faces abutting as indicated in Fig. 1. Pressure on the upper end of member B serves to separate member B from member B as indicated in Fig. 5 to permit the introduction of the music between the members where it is clamped and held by the action of spring 6 C, C, C represent aseries of spring actuated arms provided near their free ends with spring clips or arms 0 to receive and embrace the respective leaves of the piece of music. The arms C, C, C are mounted in tubular supports 0, c 0 carried by a bracket 0 centrally attached to the foot A. The supports 0, 0 c are arranged with their upper edges in different planes so that the arms, 0, C, C may move in slightly different planes so as not to interfere with each other. The supports 0, c 0 are provided at their upper edges with angular slots 0 The inner ends -of the arms 0, C, C are bent downwardly and springs c coiled thereon, the lower ends of the springs being brazed or. otherwise attached to the ends of the arms, While the free ends 0 of the springs are projected outwardly from'the arms, and preferably bent into a small loop 0 wardly projecting ends of the arms are housed in the tubular supports 0, 0 0 into and out of which they may be readily slipped before the bracket 0 is attached to foot A, and the ends 0 of the springs enter the angular slots 0 to secure the desired tension on springs 0 to throw the arms from'right to left when released to turn the leaves of the music. I

The free ends of arms 0, C, C are bent to form loops d which project so as to be pressed by the finger to release the arms. The ends of the arms after forming the loops (1 terminate in upwardly projecting studs d which engage eyes or staples D carried by the foot A to hold the arms 0, C, C in the strained position. When arms C, C, C are The springs and down.

all in the strained position the leaves may be successively released by pressing upon the loop of armC first, 0 second and then the loop of arm C. By pressing upon the loop of arm C or C first will also serve to release the arm or arms positioned in a lower plane. All of the arms may be thrown from left to right and engaged with the several yokes D as a single operation. At the rear of foot A I provide a pair of wires E each terminating at opposite ends in loops e, e. The loops 6 serve to pivotally attach wires E to the foot, and when in use on a piano the Wires E lie in a horizontal position against the rear face of foot A. When used in connection with a music rack the wires E are turned to a substantially vertical position and serve to hold the foot A in position upon the music rack by engaging one of the thin metal cross bars 0 thereof as indicated in Fig. 7.

The mechanism herein illustrated and de scribed is capable of considerable modification without departing from the principle of my invention.

Having described my invention. What I claim is 1. In a mechanism of the character indicated a music turner, having a series of eyes at one side, a series of spring actuated arms pivotally attached to said turner, the free ends of said arms being provided with fingers to embrace the leaves of the music, loops to serve as finger rests to release said arms, and studs to engage said eyes on the music turner and hold said arms in the strained position.

2. In the mechanism of the character indicated a music turner, a series of tubular supports centrally carried by said turner said supports having recesses at one end, a series of arms pivotally carried by said supports, said arms having springs attached to their inner ends, and coiled upon said arms, thefree ends of said springs engaging the recesses of said, supports to strain said springs, leaf holders carried by the free ends of said arms, and means for holding said arms in the strained position.

In a mechanism of the character indicated, a music turner having a series of eyes at one side, a series of tubular supports centrally carried by said turner, said supports having recesses at one end, a series of arms pivotally carried by said supports, said arms having springs attached thereto at one end and coiled upon said arms, the free ends of said springs engaging the recesses of said supports to strain said springs, leaf holders car ried near the free ends of said arms, the free ends of said arms being formed into loops and provided with studs to engage said eyes.

4. In a mechanism of the character indicated, a music turner having a series of eyes at one side, a series of tubular supports centrally carried by said turner, a series of arms pivotally carried by said supports, said arms having springs coiled thereon within said supports, one end of said springs being attached to said arms and the other end of said springs engaging said supports to strain said springs, said arms being arranged to travel in different planes, leaf holders carried near the free ends of said arms, and means for holding said arms in engagement with said eyes, and releasing them from said engagement.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. BUETTNER.

Witnesses GEORGE NAGEL, O. W. MILEs. 

